Then there was the kid who had a question about the sunrise. It finally dawned on him.

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By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue."

How did Little Johnny know he came from a dysfunctional family? He failed the vertical line test.

(The vertical line test is the quick-and-dirty test of whether something is a function or not. If you graph it out and you can draw a vertical line that goes through two points instead of just one, it's not a function. I know, I know, it's corny, but so was my math teacher.)

Heh. I just told that to my favorite math geek and he loved it. He offers this in exchange:

Q: How many actors does it take to change a light bulb?A: Only one. They don't like to share the spotlight.

I have more, but that's enough for now.

Variations of that one:

A: Just one. He holds up the lightbulb and the world revolves around him. orA: 27. One to screw in the lightbulb and 26 to stand around and say, "I could've done that better." orA: Screw in a lightbulb? That's a job for the techies.

Yeah, I've worked in a theatre for 7 years, how could you tell?

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Q: How many actors does it take to change a light bulb?A: Only one. They don't like to share the spotlight.

I have more, but that's enough for now.

Variations of that one:

A: Screw in a lightbulb? That's a job for the techies.

Yeah, I've worked in a theatre for 7 years, how could you tell?

Priceless! I did theatre for 4 years of high school as a tech- I swear if it wasn't for me (costume manager) we would have been putting on shows with actors wearing suits. Birthday suits.... They didn't know what costume was for what scene/act. TBH, I loved the shows with no changes...